budget 2013

By now a small army of reporters and pundits have reluctantly surrendered their smartphones and gone into lockup to pour over the government's budget documents ahead of the finance minister's address in the legislature this afternoon.

The vote: increase the cost of a Calgary Transit bus/LRT pass for seniors to $95 per year in 2013, up from $55 currently. Also, to expand number of Calgarians eligible for low-income adult transit pass,

As council sits down Monday to debate a 2013 budget set with help of the city's own municipal price index (MPI), the city finance department has provided me with the 2013 the 2012 the 2011 version of the MPI calculation.

Eric Sawyer, the city's chief financial officer, releases the draft budget adjustments for 2013 at 1:30 p.m. Friday. Most of it was already set last fall when council approved the 2012-2014 spending plan — complete with a 5.